AgroEco

Claim · #6495672

Spodoptera exigua · herbivory · Solanum lycopersicum

herbivory · effect: harmful

eats GloBI relation

Verbatim source quote

“Leaves may be skeletonized and almost completely consumed”
Source
Hawai'i Landscape Plant Pest Guide: Chewing Insects
Authors
Hara A., Niino-DuPonte R.
Year
2015
Publication
UH-CTAHR Insect Pests IP-37
Page
2

AI critic verdicts

  • agroecologist · plausible

    “Spodoptera exigua is well-documented tomato pest; seedling vulnerability and leaf skeletonization consistent with literature.”

  • entomologist · plausible

    “Beet armyworm larvae skeletonize foliage; tomato is recognized host, seedling stage especially vulnerable.”

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